Wozniak v. General Motors Corp.

AFTER REMAND

Before: White, P.J., and Bandstra and W. P. Cynar, * JJ. Per Curiam.

This is a worker’s compensation case. Plaintiff appeals by leave granted from a decision of the Worker’s Compensation Appellate Commission. The wcac applied the one-year-back rule, MCL 418.833(1); MSA 17.237(833)(1), to limit plaintiff’s recoupment of past-due benefits originally paid at an improper rate. We reverse and remand.

In 1964, plaintiff suffered a work-related injury to her hands and wrists and was later found to be totally and permanently disabled because of incurable mental illness related to the…